Doctors Save Baby After Pregnant Woman Killed on South Side

A surviving baby is a Chicago family’s glimmer of hope after a 19-year-old pregnant woman was shot and killed Sunday months before she was expected to give birth. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports. (Published Monday, Sept. 19, 2016)

Doctors were able to save a baby girl's life after she was born prematurely when her mother was shot and killed at six months pregnant in a drive-by shooting on Chicago's South Side.

Authorities say 19-year-old Parashay Beard was sitting in a car outside her home in the 8700 block of South Marquette Avenue just after 6 p.m. Sunday when a gunman pulled up and opened fire. She was hit in the neck by the gunfire, police said.

Beard was in the vehicle with a 26-year-old man at the time, who family said was her boyfriend. The man was also shot in the chest and neck and left critically wounded. Police say the man has documented gang ties.

Both victims were rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Beard was pronounced dead and her baby was delivered.